New Delhi, July 23 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday lambasted the Narendra Modi government over its refusal to rebut the claims made by US President Donald Trump of announcing "ceasefire" between India and Pakistan.

He said that the claims of a "ceasefire" made by Trump have reached their silver jubilee with the US president reiterating them 25 times in the last 73 days. The Congress leader attacked the centre for not providing a definite date for discussing the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor that followed.

"As the Modi government continues in its refusal to give firm dates for a debate on Pahalgam-Sindoor in Parliament and as the Modi government persists in its refusal to commit to a reply by the PM in...